Chancellor Union Cemetery
Fairfield, Freestone
County, Cemeteries of Texas
Submitted by Sharon Pierce, Judy Greenway
Cemeteries
of Texas Coordinator: Dolores I. Bishop
This cemetery is located outside of Fairfield. From Fairfield go NE on FM 2570
2.4 miles To FM 3285, go 3.2 miles, cemtery is on left, in front of Fairfield
Lake State Park entry gate. The cemetery is kept up by the Chancellor
Family Association. They meet in April and September at the cemetery for
clean-up. The Chancellor Family reunion is the first weekend in October
at the cemetery. Caretakers are Jerry and Jody Chancellor Nolen.
Read by Judy Greenway and Logan Varner March 11, 2000
Historical Marker
Chancellor Union Cemetery
Reuben and Mary Chancellor moved to Texas from Wilcox County, Alabama in the 1850’s
with their ten children and eleven slaves. They settled on 576 acres in the rural
community known as Brown’s Creek. The Chancellor family donated four and one-half
acres of land for church, education and burial purposes. The regular Predestinarian
Primitive Baptist Church was organized in 1854. The church structure also served as a
school and a community center, and was the site of many gatherings for area residents. The
Chancellor Union Cemetery was established here. The earliest marked grave is that Of an
infant child of J B and Sarah Chancellor Lee in 1857. A separate section of the cemetery
was dedicated to the former slaves. The earliest marked grace in that Section is that of
John E Ingram in 1915. Among the 90 marked and unmarked graves are four generations of
Chancellor’s, pioneer settlers to the area, many infant burials and veterans of the
Civil War and World War II. The Chancellor Union Cemetery continues to serve the vicinity
as it has for more than 140 years and is maintained by an active association of
descendants of people that are buried here. (1996)
**********
In front of the cemetery is a “Ring of Honor” with headstones honoring those
who served in the CW-----some of these men do not have headstones in the cemetery.
From left to right:
PVT Thomas J Chancellor Co F Wauls Legion Tx
PVT Jackson Chancellor Co B 12 Tx CAV 1815-1870
Corp Daniel J Chancellor Co E Inf Miss Reg T CSA Oct 4 1837 Oct 31 1913
Corp King Chancellor Co I 12 Tx Inf CSA Feb 11 1830 Nov 24 1912
PVT George Chancellor Co I 12 Tx Inf CSA
PVT William T Talley Co F 14 Tx Inf CSA
2d SERG William B Harper 19 Brig Tx CSA 1815-1895
PVT David D Chancellor Co B 12 Tx Cav CSA 1844-1864 Killed in battle
PVT Thomas Y Logan Co E 55 ALA Vols CSA
*******
MEANINGS: H/O = HUSBAND
OF
W/O = WIFE OF
S/O = SON OF
D/O = DAUGHTER OF
B/O = BROTHER OF
INVENTORY OF GRAVES
ARMSTRONG, L. G. - NO DATE
ARMSTRONG, WILL V. 4-2-1880 / 6-13-1919
BARKER, ELLIS WAYNARD 1-17-1925 / 7-4-1983 WWII (H/O RUBY CHANCELLOR)
BOWERS, A. E.(AMANDA ELIZABETH CHANCELLOR)1849 / 5-18-20 (D/O REUBEN & MARY,W/O
I.W.BOWERS)
BOWERS, I. W. 6-14-1849 / 1-26-1926 (H/O AMANDA)
BROWN, INFANT NO DATES
CARTER, INFANT NO DATES
CHANCELLOR, ALICE EMMA 2-17-1901 / 3-14-1983 (W/O THOMAS YOUNG)
CHANCELLOR, ANNIE 1886 / 1891(D/O JACK & ELLEN)
CHANCELLOR, DAN 1891 / 1914 (S/O JACK & ELLEN)
CHANCELLOR, DANIEL JACKSON 1837 / 1913 CSA CO E 35 MISS REGT.
(S/O REUBEN & MARY, B/O KING RUEBEN, H/O ELLEN & SALLY)
CHANCELLOR, ELLEN 1852 / 1894 (W/O DANIEL JACKSON)
CHANCELLOR, GEORGE ELLIOTT 10-21-1890 / 5-4-1979 (S/O JACK & ELLEN, H/O ONIE)
CHANCELLOR, GEORGE JACKSON 1-27-1921 / 10-7-1982 WWII (S/O GEORGE & ONIE, H/O GERTIE)
CHANCELLOR, GERTIE LEE 10-13-1927 / 10- 1993 (W/O JACK)
CHANCELLOR, JACKSON 1875 / 876 (S/O JACK & ELLEN)
CHANCELLOR, JACKSON 1815 / 1870
CHANCELLOR, JAMES 1873 / 1874 (S/O JACK & ELLEN)
CHANCELLOR, JOHN THOMAS(J.T.) 6-23-1920 / 10-2-1987 WWII (S/O TOM & ALICE)
CHANCELLOR, KING (KWG) 1872 / 1893 (S/O JACK & ELLEN)
CHANCELLOR, KR (KING) 2-11-1830 / 11-24-1912 CSA (S/O REUBEN)
CHANCELLOR, KING WILLIAM 10-7-1924 / 4-8-1994 WWII (S/O GEORGE E. & ONIE, H/O MARY F.)
CHANCELLOR, MARY 9-11-1808 / 7-28-1873 (W/O RUEBEN)
CHANCELLOR, ONIE ORDELLA 6-22-1902 / 9-12-1979 (W/O GEORGE ELLIOTT)
CHANCELLOR, RETHA MAE 2-2-1920 /3-2-1935 (D/O GEORGE ELLIOTT & ONIE)
CHANCELLOR, RUEBEN 9-29-1802/9-9-1870 (H/O MARY)(OLDEST CHANCELLOR BURIED)
CHANCELLOR, THOMAS YOUNG 8-8-1882 / 8-10-1961 (S/O JACK & ELLEN, H/O ALICE)
CHANCELLOR, WILLIAM H. 1827 / 7-30-1905 CSA
CHANCELLOR, WILLIAM 1876-1893 (S/O JACK & ELLEN)
ESTANBLAO, CHAVEZ 11-13-1906 / 6-29-1980
EVANS, EBER 1865 / 1895
FAIL, MARGIE LAUILLA 8-17-1925 INFANT(D/O MINNIE LANE & LT FAILS
NIECE TO GEORGE E CHANCELLOR) NO MARKER
GILDON, ELLENDER 9-27-1850 / 12-2-1934 (SELF)
GILMORE, MINNIE 8-1920 / 1-3-1922
HARPER, BILL 1815 / 1895 CSA
HARPER, FRANK - NO DATES
IVY, D. S. (MRS.) 2-16-1878 / 1-26-1918
IVY, L. D. 12-24-1918 / 6-21-1936
IVY, MILBURN I. 9-4-1910 / 11-6-1983 (CK DATES)
IVY, W. F. "BUD" 1860 / 11-16-1932
JOHNSON, EMANUEL 1886 / 1905
LATHAM, MR. W. W. 8-24-1863/UNKNOWN
LEE (INFANT) D. 6-25-1857 (S/O JB & SARAH)
LEE BLACKMON 7-8-1872 / 8-14-1882 (CK DATES)(S/O JB & SARAH)
LEE FRANK (FRANCIS)? 8-3-1869 / 3-16-1873 (D/O JB & SARAH)
LEE, JACOB B. ? / 6-4-1903 CSA (H/O SARAH)(DONATED LAND)
LEE, MARY J. 1-12-1863 / 10-14-1865 (D/O JB & SARAH)
LEE, RICHARD 1-11-1861 / 1932 (S/O JB & SARAH)
LOGAN, MRS. M. F. 10-11-1832 / 12-2-1912 (D/O REUBEN & MARY)
MOORE, MINNIE LEE 8-1919 / 1-3? NO MARKER
MOULDER, CALVIN 1882-1905
RANKIN, ELIZA 1880 / 1905 (CK DATES)(D/O JACK & ELLEN)
SMITH, MATT (MATTIE MARTHA) 1839 / 3-14-1916 (D/O REUBEN & MARY, W/O TOM
SMITH)
SMITH RATCHEL 1881 / 1903
SPEED, MARKER NO DATES
WEAVER, JAMES ARCHIE 10-4-1923/3-16-1992
WEEKS, (THREE INFANT) 1908 ONLY DATE
THREE UNMARKED
Afro-American Graves
ANGRAIN, MARTHA 2-14-1846 / 9-22-1922
DANIELS, SAL 1870 / 8-9- 1931
INGRAM, JOHN E 6-7-1870 / 8-3-1915
THORNTON, ELLILLIE 9-9-1888 / 11-1921
THORNTON, HARRIET 7-30-1860 / 11-29-1920
THORNTON, MARY JANE 8-10-1886 / 11-23-1925
THORNTON, TOM 10-14-1854 / 3-8-1942
WILLIAMS, LUELLA 9-18-1889 / 1-22-1953
(11 ADDITIONAL GRAVES - MARKERS NOT LEGIBLE AND UNMARKED)
******